Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-29
rHE LATEST NEWS.

According to Sir Charles Jumpers s'a.e-
ment in the Commons recently, the gross pub
lie debt of Canada, on March 31st was $780,
Oou. COO. Net debt $222G. OM. 0O
"A suit has peen entered in the Common
Pleas Court, of Cleveland, Ohio, bv H. Z.
Hollis, of New York, against W. X. Vanderbilt
to subject certain lands in Cuyahoga, Lorain,
and Lake Counties, which are listed in Van
/ derbilt's name, TO the payment of a mortgage
of s25, 600 held by Hollis. The land in ques-
lion was purchased for right of way, but was
not used for that purpose.
The Comptroller of the Currency has au-
thorized the following banks to hegln business
each with a capital OF $50, COO: First National
bank of Rulo, Neb. First National bank of
Parker, Oak. Carthage National bank of Car
,hage, N. v, and First National bank of May
vile, Oak.
A London special says: 1t is stated that
the Rt. Hon. Richie and Earl Cadogan have
been invited to join the cabinet
In the Commons recently Caldwell, Lib
eral, gave notice that he would move for the
appointment of a select committee to investi-
gate the charges made by the Times against
Parnell and other Irish leaders connected with
crime IN Ireland.
Patrick Egan, deputy recorder of votes,
WHO was convicted of committing election
frauds by falsely registering the names of
voters last November at 81. Louis, was SEN
fenced in the United States Court recently to
two years in the penitentiary.
Mrs. Rosa Melville is lying at the point of
death at the County Hospital, Milwaukee,
Wis, from the effects of an assault made
upon herby Der husband, Joseph Melville.
Melville is a dissolute fellow and went home
in an intoxicated condition the other night.
He demanded money from his wife, and upon
her refusal he kicked her in the breast, break
ing four of her ribs. She fell upon the floor,
and the brute then jumped on her head, frac-
turing the skull. The matter has not been
reported to the police and Melville has moi
been arrested.
The residence of John Lyman Staples,
two and a half miles from Palat;nc, Ill, was
burned recently. A farm hand persisted in
the flames.
The board of directors of the p%enltentiary
at Sioux Falls have appointed Daniel F. Gid.
den as warden of that institution. The con.
test, which has been a lively one, virtually lay
between Mr.. Glidden and A. T. Shaw, tht
present incumbent, who is q Republican. Mr.
Glidden will fill the position with honor t.
himself and the territory.
james G. Blaine and party arrived at st
Louis from Fort Gibson and went right on tt
CHICAGO nv tho Wabash road Mr. Ploina uo
in fair health, and is understood to have born,
the trip SO far very we'll.
The Board of Trade of Los Angeles, Cal.
has adopted o resolution asking the Inter
State Commerce Commissioners to temporar
lily suspend Sec. 4 of the Interstate Commerce.
law, as the fruit and wine crops of Californi:
will soon mature and the manufacturers
packers and shippers fear to make contract
for the raw products, owing to the heavily in
creased freights under the Interstate law.
AT a meeting of the City Council of Mon
treal a letter was read from Sir George Steph
en- and Sir Donald A. Smith, Offering to do
nate q million dollars to establish a jubile
hospital for the sick and suffering poor, pro
vided the city will grant q site on the noun
tain side known as the Taylor property. Tn
Council has resolved to accept the offer.
The State Pharmacy COMMISSIONS la
been notified that William Hamlin, a non-reg
istered clerk in a drug storo at Sanborn, Iowa
had been tinel $50 and costs for compoundin,
prescriptions without a license; also that A
School, of the same place, though a registers
pharmacist, was fined S25 and costs for nc
keeping a proper record of robson.